New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-23

o,sf,netou. If sucn may call n-and 1t happened IN
this wse A few wears previous to the terrioe catas
subject of this ARTICLE had become wnat
was then quite q more novel thing than IL Ii a' 'nc
present day, namely, telegraph operator. o.,,.
OF course you know in those days the A'an,'c caoo
had not vet been laid, but the telegraph was IN use
overland, and the short distance between Engano anu
Ireland had been connected Toward the eo oh ~ .b
late l appointed to Queenstown III INC south
of Ireland acting the agent for Reuters European
system, tho Associated Press of New-fork, Deslpes
some leading newspapers. may here incideh'alis
remark that the opportunity TO make fortune was
close within my grasp as IN those un! en- -,
which l lived at Queenstown. had me very o ms's
glimpse at the American dispatches when the ,heIo
arrived with the mail, and rad more proposa'S Y
agents OF people away up In European business 81
TO give them pointers ana COOK tDe ni nv remcm
American stocks and rites than can now reln.i
Der. The chance very tempting so,ne.ilo;; bod
could have made awful sweeps tnerepy u "S, n
wanted to fearful risk, but how' as .ncn' ~ t
the princple that come what may honesty Is ,uo SeU
policy otter all the fluctuations were very mann ~
those days, much as $40 per cent oueie 'Ircns
prices very often Just between the arrival OF %avces
on one steamer and the next. well remember !nc
stocks in those days that had the greatest a,,en.Ja
exchange kept very lively ali the time. Along In 1904
I Was moved to the north OF Ireland, my neat app
mcnt being to Neville In the County OF LonuoueA'
1t was ere that the telegraph offices We're slt9neu'
There were four operators, and was the superlheh
dent. The eventiui morning broke IN ciear anu
splendid Our ordinary daily routine work went on
as usual The ulace generally had lazy, sleepy look
about it, bot thought more so than ever 'Iis . JAM
spring morning. Then, all of sudden h I -,
the beach, and great excitement seeming ~ '0
them, all looked seward. ~
quickly discerned large steamer MAKING ber way
slowly up the bay but with this pecuiaiity aoouS
her all of her flags were flying halt mast Long anu
eagerly was the cause of this discussed but, aas to
true nwardncs, OF il all nobody guessed some sur
missed her captain was dead others distinguishes
passenger had passed away on the Voyasc aci i
Along the shore they stood thus in groups, watcnil
the steamer drawing nearer and nearer ana coh..ueu
guessing on what could be the matter. mean"nile,
in nv official capacity soon rowed as iast us
nossi6e to where the steamer lay by this time station
ary had no sooner boarded her than the dteiui
intelligence, Abraham Lincoln has been Drutany
assassinateG was told by over dozen voices. me
va At of this news struck at once as We
as the knowledge that the fist European 70
receive il in the Old World, and suppose TINS Is me
reason which made me take note OF the whoo s'ehe'
one that shall never be forgotten by me. -.
There lay TO the west the little IRISH village iooAs
quaint and pretty, with its houses oil whue ana
shining and the thick thatch upon the roofs, Win
here and there one OF better prctensions that was
slated and towering over all the srana orc eJ lor
Innishowen while all around lay the smooth clear
water of the Foyie sparkling and scintiatlne III tno
sunshine of that pleasant afternoon III spIhs' i.s
bosom without q speck TO dim Its snowy "Ii,.peSs
except where some lugger or plot p0at Woulu i"1S
float by and fer the minute cast shadow over tno
waves and there where stood on the dech Vi INC
newly arrived vessel, answering n thousand anu
one questions and asking about As many, thero nas
good deal to rivct the attention ana compic'e si'u"
ton the most memorable Ia my life considering the
gravity of the had been the hrst 10 iearh III
Europe and which it became my duty 10 Telegraph "
every capita in tho old bemis phere, raught as u was
with that terrible shock. In all my long connection
with telegraphy this by tar the most IMP
dispatch that was ever iutrusled to my care.